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The first party is the nominal overlord Ahad. Although he represents the Homunculus Father, the Homunculus Father is now in a state of logical confusion and will not be able to control the Homunculus He produces in the short term or even in the future.

The second is Irisviel. Knowing that she is a tragic figure is because she is a Holy Grail vessel. The Homunculus Father put in far more effort than other Homunculi when creating her; simply put, deep down, she finds it difficult to defy her destiny. However, Kiritsugu Emiya taught her about the human heart. If Kiritsugu were to destroy the Homunculus Father, Irisviel would have a chance to break free from her fate. However, it seems Kiritsugu in this timeline will not do so.

The third party is Justessa. Ling is now quite certain that the Justessa inside the Greater Grail is no longer the original Justessa. Having been corrupted by such intense malice for so long, even a pure little white rabbit can turn into a dark and scheming rabbit. But just how corrupted she is, we can only find out by seeing her in person.

The fourth party is the androids currently active, represented by the maid in front of us. They consider themselves masters and are willing to give everything for themselves. However, this way of recognizing a master is extremely unreliable from any perspective. For example, if another disciple of a third magician is not dead and comes to Einzbern, what will these androids do?

However, this potential problem seems to have been resolved by Yustissa. It is unknown how she created a space of synchronized thought, which pulled all the heartless androids into it. Then she corrupted them with her own emotions, making them all have an indelible impression of Ling. This impression can be said to be their first impression. Then she withdrew from this network, allowing these androids to slowly think. Subtly, they came to accept Ling.

The last group consists of abandoned androids that were reawakened because of Ling's blood. Originally, they should have awakened as the lowest-level ghouls and then evolved over many years to develop their own consciousness. However, the android who jumped in used herself as a conduit, allowing the newly awakened individuals with hazy consciousness to also enter the thought space. In addition, knowledge can be directly instilled into the androids before activation, thus avoiding the transitional stage where they were in a daze and only followed their predatory instincts.

When they complete their transformation and leave the amniotic sac, aside from physical changes, their personalities should be similar to the current batch of unvampire androids. However, this batch of vampire androids are definitely anomalies; they will only obey Ling's orders, and even Yustissa cannot influence them. In other words, this batch is Ling's direct descendant.

"Looks like I'll have to add a production line to produce artificial blood." Ling thought of the batch of androids that had awakened into vampires and suddenly felt a mix of amusement and exasperation. Luckily, he didn't have to support these androids; otherwise, given their daily demand for artificial blood, even robbing a bank wouldn't have been enough to sustain them for long. As for letting them go out to hunt, that was never part of his plan. Although he wasn't a good person, he wasn't a bad one either. He simply couldn't accept letting the vampires he had created go out and drink human blood.

"Please rest assured, Your Excellency, the Einzbern family can produce artificial blood on its own, and even if there is a shortage, we will have it." The maid pressed her neck, her meaning clear.

"Forget it, it's better to produce it according to the formula I gave you, because this is a special product of the Atlas Institute. It's not just for filling your stomach, but for dealing with the urge to drink blood." Ling looked at Ziyuan's projection and raised an eyebrow at her. "Then I'll leave it to you, Ziyuan."

“Hum, as expected, you know a lot! This isn’t just a simple nutritional supplement. With long-term use, the blood-sucking urge will gradually subside,” Shion pushed up her glasses and smiled proudly. Then she told the android maid what she needed and the refining steps.

“So, Kiritsugu Emiya, you don’t need to think about how to destroy those androids anymore.” Ling didn’t turn around. He had already guessed that when Kiritsugu Emiya learned that the androids in the abandoned pool would turn into vampires, he would definitely take drastic measures to destroy those androids in order to prevent the spread of vampires.

The reason why Rin guided Shion to say such a conversation was to dispel Kiritsugu Emiya's idea.

Because Ling felt that although the transformation of those androids into vampires was an accident, the reason they were reawakened was because of her, so she had to take responsibility no matter what.

Just like him and Olga, even though he hasn't developed any feelings of love for Olga yet, that doesn't prevent him from accepting the fact that Olga is his wife.

"I will monitor those vampires, and if they show any abnormalities, I will eliminate them immediately." Kiritsugu Emiya looked at Rin's profile and said in a complicated tone. After Rin mentioned artificial blood, he couldn't help but think that if he had had this formula back then, would his childhood friend Shirley have been saved, and would the tragedy on Alimango Island have been avoided? Thinking of this, he felt envious of Rin and sighed at the benefits of having a wide network of connections.

“I don’t think you have that opportunity.” Ling smiled like a little fox. “Well then, let’s call it a day. Shall we eat?”

“It’s all ready, Lady Ling. Have someone bring it in right away.” The maid nodded, and soon the meeting room door opened. A new maid pushed in a food cart and placed the plates in front of Olga and Ling.

Ignoring everyone present, Ling leisurely finished her lunch, which had gone on for far too long. During this time, Da Vinci went to contact Hinako Akuta as Ling suggested, while Shion continued to organize the information she had gathered that day. Kiritsugu Emiya left first with his wife and Illya to prepare fake passports and plane tickets.

Everything was proceeding smoothly according to Ling's plan.

Chapter 361 Revisiting Guanbuzi (Part Two)

"Haha, big brother, you're so slow!" A clear child's voice echoed in the corridor as little Ilya waved her little hand and called out to Ling, who was slowly walking down the stairs.

"You're wrong, little Ilya. It's not 'slow,' it should be 'late.'" Ling looked at the family of three at the bottom of the stairs and corrected her grammatical error with a smile.

"Hmm~~ Alright then! Let's do it one more time. Big brother, you're so late! You lazybones!!" Standing next to her mother, she stood with her hands on her hips, looking like she owned the place, with an unusually bright smile on her face.

Three days have passed. As requested by Rin, Kiritsugu Emiya prepared everyone's passports and they will depart for Japan today. During these three days, both Chaldea and Einzbern have been in a strange state of calm.

In Chaldea, Leonardo da Vinci had finished the tasks Ling had assigned him. Over the past three days, he had only occasionally appeared to chat with Ling and the others, spending the rest of his time interacting with Shion to create a new inter-world communication device.

It is worth mentioning that, with the cooperation of the omnipotent person and the most brilliant mind, the basic framework of this communication device has been completed. As soon as the materials arrive, production can begin. It is said that once it has been tested and found to be working properly, it can be used directly. Compared to the current communication method that can only be achieved through the Jade Record, its cost will be reduced by nearly 80%.

Regarding the discovery of Olga, Chaldea has already submitted a report to the Mage's Association yesterday, and the Clock Tower has notified Chaldea at unprecedented speed that they will send an investigation team to verify the incident. However, it will take more than a week of preparation time before they arrive.

On the Einzbern side, Yubstakuhaid, as the patriarch, had remained there ever since the problem arose in the amniotic sac and had not appeared since. Emiya Kiritsugu was also busy with preparations for his trip to Japan. Irisviel seemed to be intentionally avoiding Rin and did not appear before him. Therefore, during these three days, the person he had the most contact with became little Ilya.

Eight-year-old Ilya looks only three or four years old because she was modified in her mother's womb. She is much more active than expected and has become familiar with Ling in the past three days.

In her eyes, this older brother who made her feel very close was a very interesting person because he would play with her, tell her about things outside the castle, and tell her some interesting stories. In just three days, Ling's position in her heart was second only to her parents.

Upon learning that she would be leaving Einzbern with him to go to the outside world, she had been in a state of excitement for the past few days. If she weren't an artificial human, she would probably be sick by now.

Strangely, her mother, Irisviel, didn't say anything to her and tacitly approved of her actions. As a result, she became more and more outrageous over the next three days, eventually even staying at Ling and Olga's place instead of going back to her room.

After her father returned last night, she reluctantly said goodbye to Ling and went back to her room to prepare for today's trip. This morning, she got up early and couldn't wait to run to the living room to wait for the others.

As it turned out, Ling was the last to arrive. Even Olga, who shared a room with him, had arrived half an hour earlier, which is why Ilya called out to Ling as soon as she saw him.

"Well~ just like you said, big brother is a lazybones, so being late is the right thing to do, isn't it?" Squatting down in front of Illya, he pinched her little nose, and after she puffed up her cheeks in anger, he gave her a head pat. Satisfied, Ling stood up again and nodded to Emiya Kiritsugu. "We can set off now. Please be the driver, Emiya Kiritsugu."

Kiritsugu Emiya nodded indifferently, then said to everyone, "Let's go."

"Let's go! Let's go!" Ilya jumped up and down excitedly a few times until Irisviel took her hand. Only then did she calm down, her face flushed with a smile, and she took her short legs toward the door.

The group consisted of ten people: Kiritsugu Emiya and his family of three, followed by Rin and Olga, and then five maids to take care of them. Kiritsugu Emiya seemed to have known about this situation beforehand, as he had prepared passports for the five maids as well.

Ling only learned last night that five maids would be accompanying him. Ling was surprised that maids would be following him. However, Kiritsugu Emiya did not offer any explanation, and Olga acted as if it were perfectly normal. In the end, the team became twice the size he had imagined, setting off towards the unknown future.

A helicopter was parked outside the castle; it seemed to be their mode of transportation for the day.

"Well, this is the first time I've ever ridden in a military helicopter." Looking at the Vulcan cannons on both sides of the fuselage, Ling glanced at Emiya Kiritsugu, who was sitting in the pilot's seat and wearing headphones.

The maids had already carried the luggage into the cabin, seemingly having no particular interest in the helicopter.

“But seeing this Vulcan cannon reminds me of the Yangtze Knight, and when I think of the Yangtze Knight, I think of the fighter jet he controlled,” he said, then looked at little Ilya, who had already climbed onto the plane with the help of a maid, and couldn’t help but laugh.

"Hey, little Ilya."

Hearing Ling calling him, Ilya, who was already standing at the cabin door, turned around and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, big brother?"

"Do you remember what I taught you yesterday?" Ling's smiling expression gave Irisviel, who was already waiting in the cabin, a bad feeling.

Sure enough, upon hearing Ling's question, little Ilya proudly raised her chin, then suddenly raised her hands and shouted, "Berserker is the strongest~~!"

Upon hearing the class designation, Irisviel's expression changed drastically. She glared fiercely at Ling, but before she could say anything, Ling shook her head and said to Ilya, "No, little Ilya, in this situation, you should say that BerserCar is the strongest."

"Hmm~ But Brother Ling, you clearly told me yesterday that Berserker is the strongest, are you lying?" Little Ilya looked at Ling in confusion, her cute appearance making Ling want to tease her a little more.

"Oh dear, I wasn't lying! After all, Berserker is indeed the strongest for you, and BerserCar is a variant of Berserker. As your mode of transportation, it's powerful enough to surpass your own limits in every aspect! Especially in a castle called Wind and Cloud Ilya City, it's the final boss!"

Ling is a smooth talker, and he has a lot of experience interacting with children. So he knows that children don't need logic. As long as you can attract their attention and arouse their interest, they will be willing to spend time with you.

"Hmm~~ I don't understand! But since you said so, big brother, then I'll shout it~ Berserker, oh no, Berser~Car is the strongest!!" Little Ilya happily struck a pose and shouted it again.

Looking at the still cheerful Ilya, Ling nodded with satisfaction. Sure enough, after experiencing so much scheming, only an innocent child could make him feel genuinely relaxed. After all, if nothing unexpected happened, he would end up living the life he once hated the most. Little Ilya was like a refreshing spring, giving his nearly parched soul a moment of respite.

"Are you ready, Olga?" Ling turned his head and looked at Olga beside him. Now the two of them were bound by fate. In the past three days, he had been honest with Olga about some things, about his background, the enemies he might face, and the opponents in this Holy Grail War.

Olga snorted and turned her face away. "What are you saying now? I'm not like you. I don't need any preparations."

"I see~" Ling smiled and took her hand. Olga pretended to struggle and pulled away a couple of times, but finally let him hold it gently. "Then, our Holy Grail War begins from this moment."

After saying this, he glanced meaningfully back at the castle behind him and strode onto the helicopter.

"Buzz...buzz...buzz..."

The roar of helicopter rotors echoed above the castle. In a room high up in Einzbern Castle, Yubstakuhaid stood by the window, watching the helicopter soar into the sky and eventually become a black dot. Suddenly, he spoke up: "Are you just going to let him go like that?"

At that moment, a new voice rang out in the room that should have been empty except for him.

"It's alright, Lord Ling, we will return here."

The voice was somewhat dazed, broken and intermittent, as if the speaker had just learned to speak; the words were clearly enunciated but not coherent.

"————" Yubustakuhaid's face was full of anger. He wanted to say a few sarcastic words to the owner of the voice, but he suppressed it in the end. After all, things were different now. The Einzbern was completely out of his control.

"Knock knock knock~" A crisp knock sounded on the door. Yubustakuhaid turned around and looked at the door. Without waiting for his permission, the door was pushed open without his consent, and the maid who had been serving Ling walked in.

She first glanced at Yubustakuhaid standing by the window, then looked at the shadowy corner of the room, and finally bowed in that direction before raising her head to look at Yubustakuhaid again. "Sect Leader, we need your assistance."

Seeing the maid's attitude, Yubustakuhaid finally couldn't hold back any longer. He stared at her with eyes full of resentment, "Assistance?! You still need my assistance?! Sect Master? The entire workshop has fallen into your hands! In your eyes, do you still consider me the Sect Master?"

Hearing this roar, the maid's expression remained unchanged. "This is the collective will of our Einzbern, and even you, as the patriarch, cannot refuse it."

These outrageous words made Yubustakuhaid's eyes blaze with fury. He stared intently at the maid, his face flushed red, and roared like a wounded beast, "You can do whatever you want, whenever you want! Do whatever you like! But even if I die, I will not—"

"Die, are you willing to try?" The dazed voice rang out again, this time coming from beneath Yubustakuhaid's feet.

An unprecedented chill rushed from the soles of his feet to his head, and Yubustakuhaid's words came to an abrupt halt.

"It's cold, it's dark, it's painful, are you willing to give it a try?"

The chill was not an illusion. Yubustakuhaid felt that his feet had lost all feeling. Although his stiff legs maintained his standing posture, he could no longer take even one step with them.

If he answers "yes" now, not only his legs, but his whole body will probably end up in this state.

--die.

Having survived for several worlds, Yubustakuhaid was certain that this was the end he had always feared; he was quite certain that he had never been so close to death.

--fear.

Even in his imagination, he was terrified of the end of this tangible thing. If he didn't agree, he would die immediately! Before, he had said in anger that he would not obey orders even if he died, but when death actually came, he had no thought of resisting to the death at all.

Now there is only one voice in his mind, a voice that fills his entire soul.

—Survive! Survive! You must survive, no matter what!

"What do you want me to do?" As he said this, the cold and terrifying aura slowly disappeared, his legs regained feeling, and then with a "thump," he knelt down.

A hint of mockery flashed in the maid's eyes, but it came and went quickly, and Yubustakuhaid did not see it.

"We need you, Sect Master, to adjust the new batch of sisters. Please read the specific adjustment guidelines in detail at the workshop. I hope you can complete this task before Lord Ling returns. Also, please give us the design drawings of Lord Ling's body. That thing is no longer suitable to remain in your hands."

Now that she knows what abilities the sisters in the amniotic fluid pool possess, even Yubustakuhaid is powerless to change the situation. Facing Yubustakuhaid now, the maid who has taken control of all the androids shows no mercy. In fact, if she could do these things, there would be no need for Yubustakuhaid to stay.

The reason he is still being kept is that only he has the method to re-adjust androids. If we want to produce a new batch of the kind of androids that Ling requires, there is simply not enough time. Especially now, all the money available has been invested in the materials that Ling needs, so the production of new androids can only be postponed.

"Are you still trying to play a trick on me...?" The sharpness in his eyes had completely disappeared. Now, Yubusta Kuhaid looked like a lonely old man, his expression blank. "Didn't you already hand over those things to that Servant?"

Chapter 362 Revisiting Guanbuzi (Part 3)

Upon hearing this answer, the maid's expression changed slightly. She took two steps forward and looked down into Yubustakuhaid's eyes. "We only got those cards, but we can't find the design blueprint at all. Didn't you hide it, Sect Master?"

Upon hearing this, Yubustakuhaid's eyes flickered slightly. "I didn't hide it. It was with the card. If you haven't found it, then the answer is obvious—"

"—Before you made your move, someone had already taken it. So the question is, who took it? Was it you? Or were they the ones who have already mutated?"

The maid's expression changed slightly. She knew Yubstakuhaid wouldn't lie to her, but she preferred Yubstakuhaid to be lying because she couldn't imagine the situation of the design blueprint being lost. It could be said that Einzbern had now become a vortex of conflict, and if everything wasn't resolved before Ling returned, they might face annihilation.

A whisper, like that of a vengeful ghost, came from Yubustakuhaid's throat, "I promised to help you because I want to live. I want to see where he'll lead Einzbern... And I haven't lost yet. If Kiritsugu succeeds, everything in Einzbern will return to normal..."

"Since that's your choice, let's wait and see. But please, Lord, move aside now." After informing the other sisters of the information she had just received, all the androids began a thorough search of every corner of the castle. The maid looked at Yubustakuhaid kneeling before her, her expression regaining its composure.

She clapped her hands lightly beside her ear twice, and two android maids entered the room. They grabbed Yubustakuhaid from his side and forcibly dragged him to their destination.

"The safety and surveillance of the castle are entrusted to you. We will do our utmost to complete the tasks assigned by Lord Ling." The maid said softly, looking at the person who had appeared silently in front of her.

"Give it to us, food, please prepare as soon as possible, more and more are waking up." This person was one of the first [vampires] to awaken from the amniotic fluid pool. However, after mental synchronization, they did not reject ordinary androids, and their vampiric impulses were well suppressed to the minimum.

From the outside, vampire androids are no different from ordinary Einzbern androids. The only difference between them is their eyes. They all have red pupils, but the androids that have been transformed into vampires all have vertical pupils, which are full of eeriness.

"I understand. The workshop is already operating at full capacity. If there are any problems, just let us know through the thinking space, and we will handle it as soon as possible." The maid nodded to the person, then turned and left the room.

The room fell silent. The vampire android remained in the dark corner of the room, standing there blankly for a while before finally swaying and turning into black smoke and disappearing.

Kiritsugu Emiya piloted the helicopter to the airport, and then, led by airport staff, boarded Einzbern's private jet.

The Einzbern family, with the middle surname "von", is an ancient noble family in Germany with fiefdoms, and even in modern times, they still have a certain influence in Europe.

The group did not stay at the airport. They boarded the passenger plane directly after getting off the helicopter and would spend the next thirteen hours on the plane.

After the plane took off, Ling unbuckled his seatbelt and instructed the maid to bring him his luggage.

To pass the time, Ling had prepared many things, such as playing cards, Monopoly, and many board games. In fact, he had asked Kiritsugu Emiya to prepare a few Game Boys, since it was already 1993 and they were first released in Japan in 1989, so he should be able to get one now. However, Kiritsugu Emiya seemed to ignore him, so now he could only play Joker with Illya.

"Hoo hoo hoo~ Little Ilya, it's your turn~" Ling looked at Ilya, who was sitting to his left, hesitating over the cards in his hand, and smiled mischievously.

"Big brother, you're so noisy! Don't disturb Ilya's thinking!" Ilya pouted unhappily. After hesitating for a long time, she reached out and drew a card from the deck. She held the seven of clubs and compared it with her own cards for a long time. Then she paired it with the seven of diamonds and threw it on the small table.

"Oh dear, it seems little Ilya is really lucky~" He clearly only had four cards left in his hand, but Ilya escaped with a quarter of the chance. He had to admit that Ilya was lucky. However, he didn't think he would lose, so he calmly drew a card from Olga next to him and made a pair, which he then threw on the table.

Olga knew that the Joker was in Lid's hand, so she wasn't nervous at all. She randomly drew a card from Ilya's deck, but the result made her frown because this card could not form a pair with any card in her own deck.

After a round, it was Ilya's turn again. She stared intently at the back of the deck of cards for a long time. This time, the deck didn't try to stop her with words, and her expression remained smiling.

As a result, after Ilya carefully drew a card, upon seeing the colorful clowns back-to-back on the card, she let out a scream of "Wow!" and pitifully buried herself in her mother's arms, crying out, "Oh no! Oh no! Mom, I drew the Joker!!"

It was just a game, but Ilya screamed and yelled as if she had lost something very important. Irisviel took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from her forehead and said softly, "It's okay, Ilya. I believe Ilya will win, so good luck."

Stroking her daughter's head, the wife turned to look at her husband, who was sitting not far away reading a document. She sighed softly. Even though the whole family had finally gone out, Kiritsugu was still the same as usual.

Seemingly sensing his wife's gaze, Kiritsugu put down his manuscript and looked over. In fact, he had always kept his daughter and wife in mind. Although he was not good at expressing his feelings, he was somewhat grateful for Illya's gesture of playing with him.

However, he was self-aware enough to know that he was not suitable to be there for this kind of fun, because Ling clearly didn't like him. To avoid spoiling the fun, he pretended to be working so as not to embarrass everyone.

With only two cards left in his hand, Ling hummed a little tune as he drew a card from Olga's hand, forming a pair of twos which he placed on the table. "Heh heh, even though this isn't the right game, I still have to say, watch out, I only have one card left~"

Chapter 363 Revisiting Guanbuzi (Part 4)

Ling, beaming with pride, made a face at Ilya, who had finished her coquettish act, then looked at Olga's tense expression. Unconsciously, even she had become engrossed in the game.